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pBE'STON BISSETT is a parish and village, 4 appointed his burial in this church, before the image
miles south-west from Buckingham station on the Ban- |of St. John the Baptist: the church was repaired and
bury and Bletchley section of the. London and North |improved in 1823 and again in 1853, and during the
Western railway, about 2% from Finmere station and 5 incumbency of the Rev. John Satterthwaite Bolden M.A.
north from Calvert station, both on the Great Central !rector 1863-73, a thorough restoration of the church
railway, and 8£ north-east from Bicester, in the North­ was undertaken, under the directionofMessrs. Habershon
ern division of the county, in the hundred, pertty ses- ;and Brock, architects, of London, in the course of which
sional division, union and county court district of Buck- ja gallery was taken down, a new pulpit and other fit­
ingham, rural deaneryof Buckingham, Buckingham |tings provided, and the interior reseated: during the
portion, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of progress of the work many traces were met with of an
Oxford. A feeder of the river Ouse passes through the 1Earlier Norman structure, including portions of semi­
parish and here separates the counties of Buckingham circular window heads, the bases and capitals of columns,
and Oxford. The parish was inclosed by Act of Parlia­ and several fragments of stone in the zig-zag pattern ;
ment in 1781. The church of St. John the Baptist, these have all been built into the wall of the north
standing on rising ground at the entrance to the village, aisle: the restoration was completed in 1893: there are
isan object of considerable interest to the archaeologist, 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1662.
from the purity of its style and unique beauty of its ;The living is a rectory, net yearly value £382, including
windows, the tracery in each of which exhibits a different 240 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of and
design; it is supposed to have been built about 1320, held since 1874 by the Rev. Charles Bolden B.A. of
and is all of one date; it consists of chancel, clerestoried iChrist’s College, Cambridge. The Primitive Methodist
nave, aisles, south porch and a low western tower con- jchapel, built in 1853, will hold 60 persons. Pearse’s
taining 2 bells: all the details are of uniformly goodjcharity of £100, producing interest £2 16s. yearly, is at
Decorated work, the eastwindow of three lights present­ present assigned, under a scheme of the Charity Com­
ing features of a very excellent Flamboyant character, jmissioners, for the benefit of the parish, to the Radcliffe
and all the remaining windows being graceful examples ;Infirmary at Oxford. Capt. the Hon. Richard G. G.
of the same style, the east windows of the aisles in Morgan-Grenville is lord of the manor. The principal
particular exhibiting finely elaborated tracery: on the landowner is the Rev. Charles Bolden B.A. The soil is
south side of the chancel there are double canopied jclay and gravel ; subsoil, various. Thé land is pasture
sedilia with crocketed pinnacles, and there are also and arable. The area is 1,523 acres; rateable value,
three piscinae, one in the chancel and one in each aisle: £2,461 ; the population in 1911 was 285.
the clerestory windows, three on either side, are un­
usual, consisting of circular feathered lights within
COWLEY is a hamlet of Preston Bissett, about if
square panels : on the western gable of the nave is a miles south-east from the village and 4^ miles south
bell cot of stone: in the chancel is a slab once contain­ from Buckingham.
ing the brass effigy of a female, and an inscription to
Ann, wife of Edmund Major the younger, gent. oh. Post Office.— Richard Aubrey Cross, sub-postmaster.
1613; there are modern brass inscriptions to Capt. L. Letters arrive from Buckingham at 7 a.m. & 2.45
Bolden, 68th Durham Light Infantry, and E. H. Sabin, p.m. (to callers only); dispatched at 6.10 p.m. week
days; sundays, arrive 6.50 a.m.; dispatched 9.25
son of the Rev. J. E. Sabin, a former rector, to whom
a.m. Tingewick, i \ miles distant, is the nearest
there is a mural monument; in the chancel still remain
money
order & telegraph office
inscribed slabs to Richard Bankes M.A. rector 1674-79,
Stephen Townshend M.A. rector 1706-24, and John The Elementary School, to the south of the church,
Ford M.A. minister of Hillesden, ob. 1684: there is
rected in 1857, is a substantial & well-designed build­
also an ancient slab with a cross, apparently of the time e
of brick with stone facings, & will hold 100 chil­
ofEdward I.: in the churchyard is an altaT tomb, com­ ing
memorating Daniel Whitby, eleven years rector here, ob. dren ; Miss Mary Anne Morris, mistress
1674: Thomas Woodward, gent, by his will in 1528, Carrier to Buckingham— Miss Elizabeth Coxhill, daily
PRESTON BISSETT.
Coxhill Elizabeth (Miss), carrier
Stevens John George, builder
Bolden Rev. Charles B.A. (rector), Cross Richard Aubrey, shopkeeper, Turvey George, shopkeeper
Rectory
Post office
Welford Thomas, farmer
Bussell Miss, The Poplars
Fennell Thomas, dairyman
COWLEY.
Seaton Mrs. Preston villa
Healey James, farmer
COMMERCIAL.
Hiorns Rowland Mervyn, farmer
Jackman George, blacksmith
Brafield John, White Hart P.H
Lapper Harry, Old Hat P.H
Rowe John, farmer, Cowley lodge
Cadd James, farmeT
Sheppard Lizzie & Louie (Misses), Taylor Joseph, miller, Three Bridge
Carter Frederick, wheelwright
farmers, Casemore farm
mills
P BE S TW O OD is a village and ecclesiastical parish,
formed April 9th, 1852, out of portions of Great Mis­
senden, Hughenden and a detached portion of Stoke
Mandeville parishes, miles south-west from Great
Missenden station on the Metropolitan and Great
Central Joint Tailway, 4^ north from Wycombe, and
43 south-east from Princes Risborough, in the Mid divi­
sion of the county, petty sessional division of Desborough 2nd division, hundreds of Brands Fee and DesboTough, unions of Wycombe and Amersham, county
court districts of Wycombe and Chesham, rural deanery
of Aylesbury, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese
of Oxford : the houses are very scattered and nearly all
ofmodern construction. The church of the Holy Trinity,
erected by subscription at a cost of £1,400, and con­
secrated and opened for divine service in 1849, is an
edifice of flint with stone dressings in the Decorated
style, and consists of chancel, clerestoried nave of three
bays, aisles, small vestry, south porch and an open
western turret containing one bell; the chancel was
raised and enlarged in 1885 at a cost of £300, defrayed
almost entirely by the Rev. Harry Morland Wells B.A.
vicar 1873-92: the stained east window was presented,
at a cost of £85, by Mrs. Busk, of Codicote, and there
are,i'vro.°tbers, one in thechancel and another inthe
n« 3isle’ erect©d to thememory of his mother (d.
* 57) by the Rev. Thomas Evetts, first incumbent of
his church, 1849-63; thechancelrail originally beonged to the church of Little Gidding, Hunts: there
25° sittings.The register dates from the year
1
*s a vicarage, net yearly value £150,
with 33 acres ofglebe and residence, in the gift of
ningsby Ralph Disraeli esq. D.L., J.P. and held
since 1912 by the Rev. Thomas Edward Peters M.A. of
Jesus College, Cambridge. The Baptist chapel, re­

built in 1870, is a small edifice of Hint and brick, seat­
ing 100 persons. The Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1863,.
will seat 130: and the Primitive Methodist chapel at
BRYANT’S BOTTOM, built in 1871, has 120 sittings.
The inhabitants are chiefly engaged on the neighbouring
estates and in chair turning. Denner Hill stone is dug
here. Lord Dormer, who is lord of the manor, Sir
Arthur Lasenby Liberty D.L. Thomas Honnor esq. and
the Earl of Buckinghamshire are the principal land­
owners. The soil is principally chalky' loam, with flints
and gravel; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat*
oats and barley. The area is 2,113 acres; the popula­
tion in 1911 was 1,297.
GREAT KINGSHILL, in the civil parish of Hughen.den, is partly included in this ecclesiastical parish.
Post, Telegraph & Telephone Call Office.— Leslie Morren*
sub-postmaster. Letters by cyclemessengerfrom Great
Missenden, Bucks, arrive about 7.20 & 11.30 a.m. &
6.40 p.m. ; dispatched at 9.25 & 11.20 a.m. & 5.50
p.m. on week days; 011 sundays arrive at 7.20 a.m. &
dispatched at 4.45 p.m. Great Missenden, 1$ miles
distant, is the nearest money order office
Wall Letter Boxes.— Cross Roads, cleared at 9.25 & 11.25
a.m. & 5.55 p.m.; sundays, 3.40 p.m.; near the
church, cleared 8.15 a.m. & 12 noon & 5.25 p.m. on
week d a y s ; S u n d a y s, 4.55 p.m.; Peterley Corner, 8.15
a.m. & 12.10 & 5.25 p.m.; sundays, 4.55 p.m.;
Nanfans, 9.15 L 11.35 a.m. & 4.45 p.m.; sundays*
4.40 p.m.; Great Kingshill, 9.25 a.m. & 5.15 p.m.
week days only
Council School (mixed), erected in 1908, for 2 x 2
children ; William Henry Pitt, head master